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Thorsten Kaye (Ian Thornhart,
PORT CHARLES)

Soap Opera Digest

Published December 17, 2002

Ian
is a typical soap hero: noble admirable and constantly trying to do the
right thing. In a place where the supernatural causes other characters
to spin out around him, Ian makes it believable that Avatars and
vampires
could really threaten the citizens of P.C. He is the town’s rock –
which
is why it was refreshing to see the good doc shake things up and
release
his suppressed feelings for Lucy.

Lucy and Ian share an undeniable connection. But if either of
them were
to verbalize the love that they feel for each other, there would be no
turning back. Leave it to Ian, honest to the core, to blow Lucy away
with
his awkward confession: “I love you…I don’t mean I love you. I mean, I
have fallen in love. I’ve fallen in love with you.”

Thorsten Kaye’s sweet, stammering sincerity makes us buy that
he’s madly
in love with Lucy, even though a year ago he felt the same way about
Eve.
“If I learned anything in the past few years, it’s that there are
moments,
very rare moments in our lives, when we connect with someone, when we
look
in their eyes and we can see ourselves,” Ian stated passionately.

As Lucy gently replied that she would always love Kevin, Kaye
kept Ian’s
machismo in check, holding back his tears and fighting his emotion. But
this time, no matter who it hurt, Ian couldn’t do the right thing.
“What
I can’t do is let you slip away without a fight,” he revealed to Lucy.
“I know I’m not alone in this.”

Whether or not Ian gets the girl, we take comfort in knowing
that Kaye
will offer a safe and interesting port in the storm
that is literally
PC.